Comparison of "An American Story" and "Of Plymouth Plantation"

Summary: Provides a comparison of "An American Story" and "Of Plymouth Plantation." Describes how they both tell of a passage to a better place. Explores how both the Pilgrims and the Vietnamese put their oars in the water and paddled the U.S to where it is today, a country made up of immigrants.

The United States has been a safe location for many people from different countries and time periods. Both "An American Story" and "Of Plymouth Plantation" share many differences and similarities. The two authors are completely different people, but their works are both non-fictional and true stories. "An American Story," written by Anthony Lewis, is an article that tells about the struggles of a Vietnamese family who has tried numerous times in the past to get into the U.S. At some point during their voyage, the Vietnamese family was separated for 15 years. The setting in "Of Plymouth Plantation" took place 400 years ago but the morale of the story still stays the same. William Bradford wrote "Of Plymouth Plantation" and his biography retells the struggles of a group of Puritans and Pilgrims who escaped from England to seek shelter in the U.S. Many of the people aboard the...